is a laidback, largely unemotional stand up comedian, independent artist & eminent latino from Lorain, OH. Ramon resonates a low-fi swag with the finest taste in jokes, juices & dope experiences one can have while immaculately navigating in, out & around financial & emotional poverty as an ambiguously brown man in America.

Initially making a name for himself by building up the Cleveland comedy scene through ACCIDENTAL COMEDY productions while traveling around the country to cities he couldn't afford to live in like Chicago, New York, Los Angeles & more, Ramon eventually started garnering respect around the country for his comedic chops & sandwich acumen, being recognized by COMEDY CENTRAL as a COMIC TO WATCH in 2015 and by most bodega bois across the country.

Rivas made his television debut in 2016, when he was one of 17 artists selected to record THE HALF HOUR with COMEDY CENTRAL. An outlier from the middle of the country, living with divorced parents without a manager or an agent getting that sort of opportunity gave the streets hope. He flew his parents, sister and her 3 kids down to New Orleans for the taping. it was the first time the kids had ever been on a plane. The lead up to recording the special was captured in a 10 part GENTLE HUSTLE docs-series.

Ramon’s stand up was also featured on season 2 of THE GUEST LIST on NBC Seeso (RIP) and his episode of HBO's ENTRE NOS THE SERIES is available for streaming on HBO On Demand, HBOGo & HBONow.

Rivas also has a burgeoning career sounding like he just woke up from a nap on TV shows, with appearances as a contestant on @MIDNIGHT twice, as a cannabis shaman on numerous segments on VICELAND & began acting seriously on S4E3 of BROAD CITY and followed that up with an appearance on S2E7 of HBO's CRASHING.

Ramon's positive vibes and chill comedic momentum earned him coveted spots as a performer in some of the world's most prestigious festivals including

Just For Laughs Chicago (2012)

San Francisco SketchFest (2014, 2017, 2018)

Chicago Comedy Exposition (2014)

Gilda's Laughfest (2014, 2016)

NBCUniversal & Second City Breakout Comedy Fest (2015, 2017)

New York Comedy Festival (2015)

RiotLA (2016)

HIGH PLAINS COMEDY FEST (2017)

NBC Stand Up's (Semi-Finalist 2017)

Just For Laughs Montreal (2017)

SXSW (2018)

Edinburgh Fringe Fest (2018)

Burning Bridges Fest (2019)

Before any of those, he founded his own festival, ACCIDENTAL COMEDY FESTin 2011. The festival has grown to be one of the countries best kept secrets, and has started to garner industry attendees & draw visitors to Cleveland from other states. The fest has taken up residence at HILARIITES 4th STREET THEATER and continues to develop into one of the countries premiere comedic events every Labor Day weekend.

As the founder of the Accidental Comedy Fest (Est 2011) and curator of Accidental Comedy Club (Est. 2014), Ramon brought indie, DIY comedy shows to a new generation of Cleveland artists & audiences by producing open mics, showcases, and an annual comedy festival featuring emerging local & regional talent paired with top, national headlining acts like Hannibal Buress, Kyle Kinane, and The Lucas Brothers at some of the best venues the greater Cleveland area has to offer. That work is continued by the current members of Accidental Comedy John Bruton, Jimmie Graham, Mary Santora, Josh Morrow & Cody Cooper. His work and the overall growth of the Cleveland scene was featured in the documentary film MAKE FUN (2013) available now to stream on AMAZON PRIME.

ACCIDENTAL was named BEST COMEDY VENUE by Cleveland Scene Magazine in 2016, even though the group has no physical home. So they had to add (SERIES) in parenthesis. It's some real pied-piper shit, which is dope.

ACCIDENTAL COMEDY functions year round, helmed by the next generation of Cleveland's comedic ambassadors. You can catch Ramon touring the country or highly chatting with people in these streets or highly eating snacks on COOKING ON HIGH on Netflix.

Rivas is a refreshingly honest voice in this field

— Fest Magazine

Seeing Ramon live is always preferred, else wise he just seems like a real high, chill latino.

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I was in the middle of 25 shows in 28 days. I was in a dark place. And I went to Cleveland and met this guy and he was a ray of hope, I think you’re gonna like him

— Kurt Braunohler

CANNABIS SHAMAN'ING

Snoop Dogg on a budget. Your budget.

Doug Benson sits down for another episode of Getting Doug with High with Janice Griffith and Ramon Rivas II

Doug Benson sits down for another episode of Getting Doug with High with Dan Soder & Ramon Rivas II

PODCASTS & INTERVIEWS

Casual chats across multiple platforms with some dope folks.

On the latest episode of Sklar Bros County talking how being champions means no one can ever say "I'm sorry" when I tell them I'm from Cleveland, like they normally do every moment

Artwork by Andrea Guzzetta

GETTING LOST with Kurt Braunohler & Lachlan Patterson. We tried to go tobogganing. It didn't work out.

Used to eat breakfast and watch Pete & Pete. Now as an adult, I got high and ate breakfast with Mike (Pete) and Danny (Pete). Shortly after this, I lost that dope scarf. IF YOU FOUND IT IN NY I HOPE IT CHOKES YOU

Guest on WBEZ's IT'S ALL TRUE with Tim Barnes talking racial ambiguity & telling a story about living a very specific dream.

Got to sit down with Australia's favorite son WIL ANDERSON for an episode of FOFOP

Ramon Rivas and Jamie discuss how far being undeniable can take you (even without representation), being on both sides of the "gatekeeper" fence, and how comedy is evolving in the Midwest. Plus: Sandwich-casting!

Here are some nice things people said about RAMON in the press:

“Rivas is as immediately likable as Funches, and shares a similar outlook on life. He has the kind of delivery that makes almost everything he says funny—it’s laidback and largely unemotional, but finds the right pitch to emphasize his specific beats. It’s less monotone than microtonal. He’s funny”

“his role in Cleveland comedy goes way beyond either of those two descriptions. He is the latest in a short list of dedicated comedy personalities to take on the unofficial role of keeping the comedy scene vibrant in Cleveland“

“Even after five years of emcee work at a local club, road gigs were still unattainable. Instead Rivas turned his focus to self-producing shows for his Accidental Comedy brand, before taking trips interstate to do spots on indie shows.”